From: The prognostic significance of tumour cell detection in the peripheral blood versus the bone marrow in 733 early-stage breast cancer patients
Metastasis-free survival
Breast cancer-specific survival
Clinical variable
HR
P-value
95% CI
CTC status
2.4
< 0.001
1.5 to 3.9
2.5
1.5 to 4.3
DTC status
1.9
0.006
1.2 to 2.9
2.3
0.001
1.4 to 3.7